Improved whip-hanger



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SOOVIL S. MERRIAM, OF NEW YORK, N.' Y., ,ASSIGNOR TO .'HIMSELF ANDDANIELVW. TALOOTT, OF SAME PLAGE.

Letters Patent No. 724,748, dated December 31, 1867.

IMPROVBD WHIP-HANGER.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONOERN:

Be it known that I, SCOVIL S. MERRIAM, of New York, in the county andState of New York, have invented A- Y a new and useful Whip-Hanger g andI do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description,

ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification.

Figure I represents a front view, and

Figure II a side view of the whip-hanger.

Figure III is a view of the same from below, looking upwards.

Similar letters represent similar parts.

The nature of my invention consists in the arrangement of' twolevers,hinged 'upon a common contro, in combination with a stationary wedge,acting upon one end of sadlcvcrs in such a manner that at a certainposition the other ends of said levers will be forced together, andthereby pinch the end of the whip between them, and thus support thesame. l y

In the accompanying drawing, A is asmallbracket provided with two lugs,a a, through which a pin passes, upon which the levers B B are placed,capable of turning loosely. The lower arms o'r ends of these levers aremade of an eccentric shape at their outer circumference, to preventthese levers, by the end 'u of this eccentric part coming in contactwith the face of the bracket A, from being pushed further upwards thandesirable. The sides of the lower arms or ends vof said levers arechamfered, particularly on their inner sides, between which awedge-shaped'block, D, is placed, securely fastened to the bracket A.The levers B are connected together by a pin, n, or anyvsimilarcontriva-nce capable of allowing a free lateral motion to said levers,but at the same time connecting the levers in such a manner as to causethe same to move or be moved always at the sanno time upwards anddownwards in the same plane.

When the whip is required to be hung up, the levers are pushed upwardsby the endV of thewhip, and the whip is made to enter between saidlevers, for which purpose the upper ends of the levers are made to flareor spread outward. By moving the levers B upwards, the lower ends ofsaid levers will come clear of the wedge D, and in consequence of thechamfcred sides of the lower ends, the upper parts of said levers willopen suiiiciently to allow the end of the whip to pass between the same,(seo iig. l.) If the whip is now moved down-- wards, or even allowed tofall, the weight ofthe saine will, together with the weight of the upperpart of the levers B, cause said levers to move downwards, when theaction of wedge-shaped block D against the lower ends of the levers,will force the same apart, and consequently force theupper ends-ot` saidlevers together, so as to pinch the end of the whip between them, vandhold the same perfectly fast.

- What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

'.lhe arrangement of two levers', B B, in combination with awedge-shaped block, D, constructed and operating together in the mannerand for the purpose substantially as set forth and described.

'S. S. MERRIAM.

Witnesses:

HENRY E. Rennen, S. Dnnssommn.

